TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1957
THE SPORTSEER ..
'Alpha Phi Delta Wins 4th,
1953 Penn State Matmen Ties for IM League Lead
Brought Glory to the East
. By LOU PRATO lins, Okla., and only my Eastern
Asst. Sports Editor champions were allowed (by the
"The East is risen. Hallelu-I College Senate) to participate."
jah!" - i(There were three Eastern tithsts
ifrom Penn State that year—Bob
So wrote the Daily ColHHornan and the Lemyre brothers.
legian's 1952-53 Sports Editor Voe and Dick.)
Jake Highton the day after.
tha A t big Co rollefguej was enatd over
Senate edictr aisea
and it
Penn State's wrestling team: was possibly that Outcry which
had become the first (and only);
helped bring the 1953 tourna-
Eastern team in history to win the, ment to the Penn State campus.
NCAA mat title. • "Mohammed couldn't go to the
We thought it would be inter-' Mountain." Speidel said in 1953
esting to give the new Penn State and repeated to me a couple
generation (we include ourselves' days ago, "so we brought the
in - this category) a rundown on! Mountain to Mohammed."
the accomplishment of that Lion'
aggregation—probably one of the.
greatest teams if not the greatest;
in Mount Nittany mat annals.
"That was a fine collection of
wrestlers," Coach Charlie Spei-
del says of the 1953 champs.
"All along the line, from 115 to
heavyweight they are good.
"We sould have won the tour-'
nament the year before, for I had•
practically the same team. But
the tournament was at Fort Col-
—Courtesy of The Penn State Photo Shop
OFF IT GOES ... Forward Tom Hancock lets go with a jump shot
over the outstretched arms of Colgate's Charlie Hagenhah (23) and
Art Brandon (4). The shot missed. Bob Edwards (21) cuts for the
basket.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
And so it was on the weekend
of March 27 and 28 of 1953 at Rec
reation Hall that Penn State gave
the Eastern Colleges and Uni
versities their only claim to na
tional wrestling glory.
Only one Lion in . atman, 191-
pound Hud Samson captured an
individual crown but four oth
er men finished in the top three
of their respective divisions,
giving the Blue and White a
six-point victory margin over
* * *
Charles Speidel
. . . mountain mover
runner-up Oklahoma. 21-15.
Samson won his title by flatten
ing West Chester Teachers'
Chuck Weber—now a pro grid
stalwart with the Chicago Card
inals.
Dick Lemyre, then a junior.
reached the finals of the 130-
pound division only to be de
cisioned by Michigan's Norvand
Nalan. And co-captains Don Frey.
147, and Joe Lemyre, 167, and
Jerry, .Maurey, 137, copped third
place finishes after losing in earl
ier rounds to the eventual champs
of their divisions.
Even the other Lion starters
did their share in bringing Penn
State (and the East a victory),
although they didn't fare too
well in the final standings. In
cluded among these grapplers
were 115-pound Bill Cramp,
brother of a present Nittany
matman Joe Cramp, Bob Ho
man, 123, Doug Frrey, 157, and
George Dvorozniak, 177.
It may be a long time before
another Eastern team wins the
NCAA mat crown and they'll
have to go far to match the superl
ative performance of Charlie
Speidel's 1953 outfit.
Alpha Phi Delta broke a 6-6 112). Mary Hill. Watts Devils
halftime tie to defeat Alpha Chi ill). Larry DiGiancinto. Phi
•Rho, 24-18. in intramural basket- %%sopa Sigma (10). and Mark
ball play at Recreation Hall Fri- Roller. Sigma Tau Gamma (10).
day night. The win was Alpha Phi ware the other scoring leaders.
,Delta's fourth and placed them in The standings of the fraternity
la first-place tie with Alpha Tau leagues as they near the Chrkt
lOrrtega in fraternity -League E. mac break are- League A, Phi
Other League E games saw Phi. Gamma Delta and Phi Epsilon
;Kappa Sigma defeat Theta Xi Pt; League 13, Acacia and Theta
2 5-19: Sigma Tau Gamma beat Pi Chi; League C. Beta Sigma Rho;
!Kappa Phi. 36-26: and Sigma Chi. League D, Lambda Chi Alpha:
win over Theta. Delta Chi, 37-27.. League E. Alpha Tau Omega and
A
In the only other Greek tilt, alpha Phi Delta and League F,
Phi Sigma Kappa beat Alpha Aloha Sigma Phi
Epsilon Pi, 32-22.
Les Walters, Penn State's styl-
Kee One edged the Watts Devils
In the independent circuit, Mc- .
ish end, nabbed 40 passes good
:23-20: McKee 3-4 defeated the for 764 yards and five touch-
Vikings. 33-28; and the McKee downs in three seasons of foot
; Royals walloped the Jordan Jag-
ball.
wars, 29-12. McKee II beat Jor
dan II by forfeit.
Ron Genovese. McKee h and
Bill Taber. Vikings. tied for the
!honor of the nights' high scorer.
They each had 15 points. Bob Ish
;am, McKee 3-4. was close behind
!the leaders with 14 counters.
Joe Sullivan, Phi Sigma Kap
! pa (12), Jim Keith, Sigma Chi
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